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profile.jpg Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.


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October 31, 2007

Scienceblogs: Clearly More Popular than Steven Colbert

Category: Philanthropy

If you are one of the many people who was trying to contribute to the Scienceblogs.com DonorsChoose challenge today, you should know that there's one person you can blame for the trouble you had accessing the site: right-wing spinmeister...

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October 30, 2007

The scary thing is that this is probably one of Bush's better nominees.

Category: "Supporting" the Troops

Seriously, though, Peake certainly has the qualifications to run the VA. He's a West Pointer, he is a combat veteran who served in the infantry and was wounded twice in Vietnam, he's a medical doctor, and he was the Surgeon General of the United States Army. As a nominee for VA Secretary, he's an absolute slam dunk. Or would be, anyway, if it wasn't for one very small problem: his old address.

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Donors Choose - Coming Down to the Wire

Category: Philanthropy

We're now in the last two days of the DonorsChoose Bloggers' Challenge. As things currently stand, this blog is now $88 away from my $2,500 fundraising goal. Unfortunately, we've been more or less stalled for the last couple of...

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October 29, 2007

Of White Whales: or, The More Things Change

Category: Personal

Here's a quote for you. It's one of the ones that should make you wonder whether you should laugh or cry: And, doubtless, my going on this whaling voyage, formed part of the grand programme of Providence that was...

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October 24, 2007

My kingdom for a leader.

Category: 2008

Several days ago, Senator (and longshot Presidential candidate) Christopher Dodd (D-CT) made some news by promising to do whatever he could to block any legislation that would retroactively grant immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with President Bush's warrentless...

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October 22, 2007

American Pride and Groophar Stupidity

Category: Bipartisan

Here are a few numbers from the latest Reuters-Zogby poll. See if you can find the one that's not like the others: Rated President Bush's performance as excellent or good: 25% Rated Congress' performance as excellent or good: 11%...

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October 21, 2007

The Pharyngula Mutating Meme

Category: Truly Misc

The Skeptical Alchemist tagged me with the Pharyngula Mutating Meme - a series of questions that can change as they get passed from blogger to blogger according to a set of simple rules. The original questions were: 1. The...

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October 20, 2007

SCHIP Hypocrite of the Day: Marsha Blackburn

Category: From the Right

Google news is currently featuring a comment by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on the House of Representatives' failed attempt to override President Bush's veto of the SCHIP expansion. The comment reads in part: "I remain committed to working with...

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October 17, 2007

Oh dear, Watson.

Category: Public Perception of Science

James Watson is many things. He's a noted scientist. He is the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA. He runs a major research institute. He's a Nobel Laureate. He's also living proof that you can be a...

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October 16, 2007

Coach Pitch - Game 1

Category: Personal

Our Coach Pitch baseball team just played the first game of the season. We had a very good game; the other team had a slightly better game. Everyone had fun, though, which is the key. A few quick thoughts...

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